"There are some who can live without wild things, and some who cannot. These essays are the delights and dilemmas of one who cannot" - Aldo Leopold

2010/05/25

More photos from Carden

Here are more photos that I wanted/needed to share:

Mama robin feeding her nestlings. At this moment, the nestlings had already fledged and the nest is now empty.

I think this is one of the fledglings. Who knows, there are many robin nests around our cabin and in the field site.

Imagine a field with all these pretty yellow flowers, and the pink Prairie Smokes, and the white Chickweed flowers...

A lucky moment capturing the bee visiting the ragwort flower.

I was testing the bug jacket at the time, and it seemed like a good one-man blind and this sparrow allowed me to get quite close.

My co-worker and I saw this pair of Common Loons on Canal Lake while driving to Dalrymple.

Kingbird in flight!

Saw these Eastern Kingbirds while working in the field.

I wonder what they were talking about?

These beautiful but speedy Eastern Tiger Swallowtail flew by our cabin everyday. One finally stopped and enjoyed the front yard flowers and so I had the chance to take these photos.

Swallowtail in flight!

Swallowtail in mid-air!

This is a female Blanding's Turtle!

Near one of the cages was one of the many starling's nests.

Gray Catbird - lifer!

Another one of the many cool creatures in our site - Gray Treefrog! Took me a long time to find the first individual. I stumbled across the second individual by accident while searching for the Blanding's Turtle.

Peek-a-boo!

Pretty flowers with a very interesting name.

Inornate? Definitely not inornate.

Least Flycatcher - another lifer!

A very pretty dove.

Another very pretty butterfly.

Pretty Prairie Smokes that are now in full blossom.

Sandhill Cranes flying over me.

A Turkey Vulture perched on the tree where the Starling's nest is and caused a ruckus from nearby smaller birds.

Yellow Warblers!

Flutter.

Taking off!

Sing!

Another day with beautiful sunset.

Now I am up-to-date, in terms of photo-uploading and blog-writing. Now I am off to enjoy the rest of my off-days..